quatchi:Not quite sure how it translates into more attention paid to issues surrounding military families but good on her.

Because that's how military families get around. They take planes everywhere, but due to the dearth of useable airports, they can't land near their destination, so they have to just jump out of the plane and parachute to where they're going. It's not a very efficient use of resources, and I'm glad someone is calling attention to this. Maybe soon they'll get runways put in in more convenient locales.

ox45tallboy:quatchi: Not quite sure how it translates into more attention paid to issues surrounding military families but good on her.

Because that's how military families get around. They take planes everywhere, but due to the dearth of useable airports, they can't land near their destination, so they have to just jump out of the plane and parachute to where they're going. It's not a very efficient use of resources, and I'm glad someone is calling attention to this. Maybe soon they'll get runways put in in more convenient locales.

ox45tallboy:quatchi: Not quite sure how it translates into more attention paid to issues surrounding military families but good on her.

Because that's how military families get around. They take planes everywhere, but due to the dearth of useable airports, they can't land near their destination, so they have to just jump out of the plane and parachute to where they're going. It's not a very efficient use of resources, and I'm glad someone is calling attention to this. Maybe soon they'll get runways put in in more convenient locales.

ox45tallboy:quatchi: Not quite sure how it translates into more attention paid to issues surrounding military families but good on her.

Because that's how military families get around. They take planes everywhere, but due to the dearth of useable airports, they can't land near their destination, so they have to just jump out of the plane and parachute to where they're going. It's not a very efficient use of resources, and I'm glad someone is calling attention to this. Maybe soon they'll get runways put in in more convenient locales.

I was stationed at Edwards and let me tell you, riding the space shuttle to work every day was farking off the hook.

The All-Powerful Atheismo:ox45tallboy: quatchi: Not quite sure how it translates into more attention paid to issues surrounding military families but good on her.

Because that's how military families get around. They take planes everywhere, but due to the dearth of useable airports, they can't land near their destination, so they have to just jump out of the plane and parachute to where they're going. It's not a very efficient use of resources, and I'm glad someone is calling attention to this. Maybe soon they'll get runways put in in more convenient locales.

I was stationed at Edwards and let me tell you, riding the space shuttle to work every day was farking off the hook.

You were stationed at Edwards? Man. I heard about that place. We were at Tet. Man, it was hard. Nobody remembers any of us anymore but, we were there. All we wanted was a log-ride but, they never built us one. I think Danforth wanted a log ride most of all but all he got was some lame-ass pipe up his ass. That war was hell on all of us. Especially for Danforth.

Lost Thought 00:Citrate1007: I have a problem with this flagrant waste of taxpayers dollars.....if the military has all this extra money to take politicians skydiving for fun then they need their budgets cut.

It's woven into the required training schedules, just like staidum flyovers. They have to make the flights for training purposes anyways, so all these things change is their target destinations

I've heard the explanation before and the flyovers' effectiveness are plausible; however, in what combat situation does the infantry drop into war zones with fat people strapped to them? It is merely pork barrel spending from an insanely over-saturated budget.....if this kind of crap was a routine part of the food stamp program most people would think differently. Taxes apparently only piss republicans off if they benefit a potential democrat voter.

Citrate1007:Lost Thought 00: Citrate1007: I have a problem with this flagrant waste of taxpayers dollars.....if the military has all this extra money to take politicians skydiving for fun then they need their budgets cut.

It's woven into the required training schedules, just like staidum flyovers. They have to make the flights for training purposes anyways, so all these things change is their target destinations

I've heard the explanation before and the flyovers' effectiveness are plausible; however, in what combat situation does the infantry drop into war zones with fat people strapped to them? It is merely pork barrel spending from an insanely over-saturated budget.....if this kind of crap was a routine part of the food stamp program most people would think differently. Taxes apparently only piss republicans off if they benefit a potential democrat voter.

The "fat people" serve as a decent simulacrum for supplies and gears that soldiers have to carry when dropped into war zones